Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

NOT, I'll not, carrion
comfort, Despair, not feast on
thee;
Not untwist -- slack they may be -- these last strands of
man
In me or, most weary, cry: 'I can no more.' I can;
Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be.

"Women aren't human, Bill. Or perhaps, more precisely,
they're a different species than men, with different wills
and different purposes on Earth. You know this
instinctively, Bill, and it's your instincts that make you
such a good
operative."

The earlybirds set off
this morning, reducing the population of
Moonbase Alabama from fifteen to two. It's heavenly
quiet. I'll be at the damn show till Wednesday - tell me,
what were they thinking? Then it's off to Moonbase Nevada,
part of the Spiral
Oasis, at 4pm and Infant. We'll have Tim Tams, so drop
by.

Moonbase
University is holding a public seminar on space
exploration on Thursday September 20 at Cellspace. Peter "the
rocket scientist" Cheeseman of NASA and Manfred Bester,
head of Berkeley's High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
team, will take the podium.

Science geeks, wannabe astronauts, interplanetary
archvillains and Bad People of the Future
are all warmly invited to attend.